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baroque

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  • 1600-1750
  • began with popes financing magnificent cathedrals and grand works to display their faith’s triumph after the Counter Reformation
  • patrons of art were not only prosperous merchants eager to show off their affluence but middle-class burghers buying pictures for their homes as well
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Caravaggio: the supernatural made real

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  • 1571-1610
  • he painted bodies differently, instead of pale
  • made saints and miracles seem like ordinary people and everyday events

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